(a) Give the name of the: (i) process for obtaining ethanol from sugars; (ii) compound...
CHEMISTRY
WAEC 1996
(a) Give the name of the:
(i) process for obtaining ethanol from sugars;
(ii) compound produced when ethanol undergoes bacterial oxidation.
(iii) enzyme in yeast which catalyses the conversion of maltose to glucose.
(b)(i) Write the structural formula of ethanol
(ii) Name the organic product formed when propanoic acid reacts with ethanol.
Explanation
(a)(i) Fermentation
(ii) Ethanoic acid or ethanal
(iii) Maltase.
(b)(i)
(ii) Ethyl PropanoatePost an Explanation Or Report an Error
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